is in. david prosser, the incumbent republican with 51% of the vote. joann kloppenburger the challenger, democrat, assistant attorney general is in at 49%. it is very early. tonight john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation joins us from the kloppenberg headquarters. john, this is, seems to be very, very tight tonight starting out. do you expect it to be this way all the way to the finish? it could well be, ed. this has been an incredibly intense race, the most expensive court race in wisconsin history and obviously with that overlay of the governor s bill and controversy around it. i can tell you something you ll understand, ed, as somebody who spent a lot of time reporting out of north dakota. in wisconsin the rural areas come in first. those numbers that you re seeing include not a single vote from the city of madison and i don t believe any votes from the city of milwaukee. that s very, very significant because those are the core areas where i think you ll
correspondent of the nation joins us from the kloppenberg headquarters. john, this is, seems to be very, very tight tonight starting out. do you expect it to be this way all the way to the finish? it could well be, ed. this has been an incredibly intense race, the most expensive court race in wisconsin history and obviously with that overlay of the governor s bill and controversy around it. i can tell you something you ll understand, ed, as somebody who spent a lot of time reporting out of north dakota. in wisconsin the rural areas come in first. those numbers that you re seeing include not a single vote from the city of madison and i don t believe any votes from the city of milwaukee. that s very, very significant because those are the core areas where i think you ll see big numbers run for joann kloppenberg. our computer is showing some votes coming in from dane county which is of course heavy kloppenberg area. there are very few precincts reporting in milwaukee. it i